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  • A selection of cloth from Bala, Merionethshire, and Anglesey.
Cloth from Bala, Merionethshire, and Anglesey
  • This silk linsey was part of a wedding dress which was made for Miss Catherine Williams of Llwynmawr, Bala.
Silk linsey which was hand-woven in Bala, 1853
  • The quilt has been inscribed in ink with the initials S.M. and the date 1905. It is of plain yellow cotton, with a quilting pattern of central circular motif with wavy edge, containing alternating spirals and waves on a trellis ground within a rectangular inner border filled with diamonds containing quatrefoil motifs. The wide outer borders consist of very large veined curving leaf motifs surrounded predominantly by spirals interspersed with occasional flower head and half flower head motifs.
Wholecloth quilt made by Mary Morgans for her brother Stephen in 1905 [image 1 of 2]
  • This quilt comes from a mansion in the Newcastle Emlyn area. It has a central floral motif surrounded by a circular border containing spirals on a rectangular field of trellis, with matching motifs within hemispheres and quarter circles around edge. The inner border is of plain quatrefoil motifs and the middle border of floral motifs with multiple leaves, while the outer border is made up of concentric triangles alternating with tulip motifs with spiralling leaves and rose motifs. This quilt came into the national collections in 1914, and remains one of the earliest examples of Welsh quits in the collection of the Museum of Welsh Life.
Wholecloth yellow silk quilt, late 18th century
  • The quilting pattern consists of rectangular central field with a small circle and a flower head from which veined leaves radiate; a trellis fills a narrow border of overlapping semi-circles with panels of trellis on two sides. The inner border features curving leaves filled with parallel lines while the remainder of the border is filled with flower heads, spirals and wavy lines. The wide outer border of diamond shapes is outlined with single cable twist with shell filling in triangles, and flowerheads and spirals within the diamond shapes. This excellent example of a white quilt was made in Cardiganshire in the mid-nineteenth century and is an excellent example of a white quilt which has survived in superb condition. Dimensions: 265 cm x 240 cm.
Wholecloth quilt, white cotton, stitched with white thread, mid 19th century
  • This is a detail of a wholecloth quilt, showing the top and back covers. It was made by Miss Emiah Jones from Cross Hands in 1951 for the quilting competition held at the Welsh Folk Museum in that year - the quilt won third prize. The top cover is of light green cotton poplin with a backing of stone-coloured poplin. The quilting pattern consists of a central diamond and four part-diamonds, each containing a circle with petalled flower and corner motifs of curving petals, with a background of small trellis. The sides of central diamond and rectangle are outlined with triangles of shell pattern with quadruple outline; the central diamond is delineated by bands of extremely closely worked spirals; there is a very complex wide border of broad zigzag and triangles filled with quarter fans, spirals and trellis, with crossed wave patterns; an outer border of 4 leaf motifs with very fine spiral in the centre of each and a single line looped motif in each corner. This is an outstanding example of 20th century quilting, most notable for the tiny close running stitches.
Detail of wholecloth quilt showing top and back covers, 1951